Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

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Judge

District

Compared To District

U.S.

Compared To U.S.

Latest Fiscal Year

49.1

58.1

-

67.5

-

Previous Fiscal Year

85.3

36.0

-

68.5

-

Past 5 Years

111.9

66.8

67.5%

69.8

60.3%

Percent not reported where cases too few to provide meaningful comparison.Table 1: Current and 5 YearAverage Prison Sentence Comparison

For all cases disposed of in the current fiscal year (2012) that were credited
to Judge Susan Webber Wright in the Eastern District of Arkansas, the
average prison sentence was 49.1 months, when looking only at cases referred by the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms with a lead charge of "18 USC 922 - Firearms; Unlawful acts".
During the current fiscal year, Judge Susan Webber Wright has
sentenced 9 defendants
compared with 4 defendants during the twelve months
of the previous fiscal year.
Judge Susan Webber Wright's service terminated on December 1, 1990, due to statutory reassignment of judg.

Over the last five years, the average prison sentence imposed on defendants
that were credited to Judge Wright was 111.9 months. This was
67.5% higher than the 66.8 months typical
in Arkansas East and 60.3% higher than
the 69.8 months average prison sentence for the nation.
Judge Susan Webber Wright sentenced 29 defendants during the past five years.

(CAUTION: The kinds of cases handled by individual judges influences
statistical information about their sentences. It therefore is
important to consider the breakdown of cases that each has handled,
available below, when making judge-by-judge comparisons.)

Figure 1: Five Year Comparison of Average Prison Sentencein Months

Figure 1 compares Judge Wright's numbers to those for judges in this district and
in the United States as a whole for cases of this type over the last five years.

During the last five years there were 6 other judges in the Eastern District of Arkansas with information
on convictions during that period.
Average prison sentence numbers passed down for those judges
ranged from 47.3 months to 67.6 months, putting Judge Wright's average prison sentence
of 111.9 months at the higher end of the range.
The average prison sentence
for the whole Eastern District of Arkansas during that time was 66.8 months.

Figure 2: Detailed Comparison among Judges for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Professional Biography

Born 1948 in Texarkana, AR

Federal Judicial Service
Judge, U. S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on September 21, 1989, to a seat vacated by Elsijane Trimble Roy; Confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 1990, and received commission on January 24, 1990. Service terminated on December 1, 1990, due to statutory reassignment of judges.

Judge, U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on September 21, 1989, to a seat vacated by Elsijane Trimble Roy; Confirmed by the Senate on January 23, 1990, and received commission on January 24, 1990. Served as chief judge, 1998-2005.

Education:
Randolph-Macon Woman's College, B.A., 1970
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, M.P.A., 1973
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, J.D., 1975

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. J. Smith Henley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, 1975-1976Faculty, University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, 1976-1990 Assistant professor and assistant dean, 1976-1978 Associate professor, 1980-1983 Professor, 1983-1990Research assistant, Arkansas Constitutional Convention, 1979Visiting assistant professor, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, 1980Visiting associate professor, Ohio State University College of Law, 1981Visiting associate professor, Louisiana State University Law Center, 1982-1983

Program Areas of Cases Handled

Cases disposed of by Judge Susan Webber Wright for the past five years fell into a number
of broad categories. The lead category for these cases was Weapons accounting for 100.0% of cases.